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    Illinois Civil War Soldiers' Letters

    Mark Flotow’s book, In Their Letters, in Their Words: Illinois Civil War Soldiers Write Home, features the writings of 165 troops from Abraham Lincoln’s home state and covers the war from th…

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    Battle of Iwo Jima

    Historian Mark DePue discussed the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima and the strategic importance of the island to both the American and Japanese forces during World War II. He recounted eyewitness so…

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    Battle of Okinawa

    Okinawa was the last major battle of World War II and took place from April through June 1945. Historian Mark DePue detailed both the U.S. strategy in invading the island and the Japanese pl…

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    Obama

    Peter Baker talked about his book Obama: The Call of History, in which he examines the Obama presidency.

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    Integration of U.S. Capitol Page Program

    Frank Mitchell, the first African-American congressional page in the 20th century, talked about his experiences working on Capitol Hill. He was joined by Representative Paul Findley (R-IL), …

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    Life and Political Career of Abner Mikva

    Abner Mikva talked about his service in all three branches of the federal government and his experiences in state government. After serving ten years in the Illinois House of Representatives…

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    A Wicked War

    Amy Greenberg, history and women’s studies professor at Penn State University, talked about her book, A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico, in which she re…

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    Lincoln in the World

    Kevin Peraino, former senior writer and Middle East bureau chief for Newsweek, talked about his book, Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power, in which…

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    The Fall of the House of Dixie

    Bruce Levine, history professor at the University of Illinois, talked about the effect the Civil War had on the South’s political, economic, and social structures. Professor Levine spoke at …

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    Re-Trial of Mary Surratt

    The April 1865 plot to assassinate President Lincoln was planned in part at a boarding house owned and operated by Mary Surratt. She was tried by a military tribunal where she was not given …

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    My Thoughts Be Bloody

    Nora Titone recounts John Wilkes Booth’s family background and specifically examines the relationship between John and his older brother, Edwin Booth. Born to British actor, Junius Brutus Bo…

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    A Tale of Two Revolts

    Rajmohan Gandhi talked about two wars for freedom - the 1857 Mutiny in India and the American Civil War -that were covered by Irish reporter William Howard Russell. Professor Gandhi talked a…

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    President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

    On the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s first presidential inauguration on March 4, 1861, David Zarefsky talked about the origin, structure, and language of the inaugural address that …

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    An Example for All the Land

    Kate Masur presents a history of Washington, D.C., during Reconstruction. Ms. Masur recounts the city’s many organizations and public works that represented racial equality and the legislati…

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    Reflections of Dan Rostenkowski

    Richard Norton Smith interviewed former Representative Dan Rostenkowski about his life and career. Rep. Rostenkowski served as the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1981-95…

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    1909 Cherry Mine Disaster

    A panel discussion was held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Cherry mine disaster in which 259 men and boys died. The coal mine in Cherry, Illinois, caught fire on November 13, 19…

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    Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries

    Daniel Mark Epstein recounted the lives of President Lincoln’s secretaries and first biographers, John Nicolay, John Hay, and William Stoddard. Mr. Nicolay and Mr. Hay were able to write abo…

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    Scholarship on Abraham Lincoln Presidency

    Eric Foner talked about his career studying President Lincoln. He spoke on the early history of the Republican party, the direction of the scholarly work on President Lincoln, and reviewed t…

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    Collecting Lincoln Memorabilia

    Historians and collectors participated in a panel discussion on Lincoln memorabilia. Topics included how the panelists became collectors, how pieces connect to Lincoln and his era, research,…

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    Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power

    Richard Carwardine talked about his book Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power, published by Knopf in January 2006. This is a new edition of Lincoln, first published in England in 2003, whic…

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